2003: Olympia Brewery closes after acquisition by Miller Brewing. Both Olympia and Rainier brands survive in vestigial form, contract brewed by Miller at other plants.

Acknowledgment: HistoryLink.org was an invaluable resource in providing background data on early Seattle brewing history. Also worth a read is William Least Heat Moon's essay, "A Glass of Handmade," that appeared in The Atlantic in 1987 and can be found republished on the Web at www.wesjones.com/moon1.htm.